Changes in the List of Species in Appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES or Convention) regulates international trade in certain animals and plants. Species or other taxa for which such trade is controlled are listed in Appendices I, II, and III to CITES. The countries participating in this treaty, including the United States, adopted amendments to Appendices I and II at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) in June, 1997. The United States did not enter a reservation against any of the adopted amendments. This document incorporates all these amendments into the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) informational list of CITES species. It also incorporates a small number of additional changes to the list of CITES-protected animal and plant taxa (50 CFR 23.23) unrelated to decisions of the Parties at COP10 and serving only to clarify taxonomy, common names, or geographic ranges of animal and plant taxa and populations already listed. None of these additional changes affects the biological entity listed by the CITES parties.